**** The Official Google Pixel 3 Thread ****

V_R said:
I'm sticking with my 2XL for now...
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Was never in doubt to be fair. Not many improvements that I can see. Biggest one possibly the screen but even then I don’t always think the described differences are really that huge in the real world; I never look at my screen on the 2XL and think “this is absolute trash”. Elsewhere the differences are minute or non-existent.

I must admit, I hate to say as a google fan but I think the Note 9 looks like a way better phone than the 3XL and thats speaking as someone who dislikes Samsung bloat!
 
FishLicker said:
Was never in doubt to be fair. Not many improvements that I can see. Biggest one possibly the screen but even then I don’t always think the described differences are really that huge in the real world; I never look at my screen on the 2XL and think “this is absolute trash”. Elsewhere the differences are minute or non-existent.

I must admit, I hate to say as a google fan but I think the Note 9 looks like a way better phone than the 3XL and thats speaking as someone who dislikes Samsung bloat!
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It's all relative though. The XL3 is technically better than the xl2 it's if you can justify it and how much that means to you. I guess some people it's a big deal and others it's not. I really really miss stock android when I move away to another device and always end up regretting it. The camera is what I use the most so for me most boxes are ticked
 
_Jimlad_ said:
It's all relative though. The XL3 is technically better than the xl2 it's if you can justify it and how much that means to you. I guess some people it's a big deal and others it's not. I really really miss stock android when I move away to another device and always end up regretting it. The camera is what I use the most so for me most boxes are ticked
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Fair enough and we probably agree, just it was painful to watch the P3XL reloading every app v’s the Note 9 holding them all in memory. The battery life is also better and screen almost certainly is too, the camera is probably at least the equal, although the Pixels have the software tricks, the Samsung actually has the hardware to do stuff like optical zoom.

My last phone was a Samsung, I’m pretty used to flipping between Samsungs (or some 3rd party) and a Google phone, I find them both very good in their own ways, arguably I’m starting to think stock Android a little overrated personally. My 2XL lags now and again, and it crashes more often than my old Samsung, we’re basically beta testers! On the flip side, the Samsung lags more, has more bloat, less refined UI polish etc, nothing is perfect.

I prefer the day to day experience of the Pixel, but the samsung hardware is superior undoubtedly (apart from the horrid curved screen, just why?) and if I were buying now I think I would go for the Note again, and that is despite that I do enjoy a good UI/UX. You can still have a pretty good experience with a Samsung IMO.
 
FishLicker said:
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My last phone was a Samsung, I’m pretty used to flipping between Samsungs (or some 3rd party) and a Google phone, I find them both very good in their own ways, arguably I’m starting to think stock Android a little overrated personally
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Similar to myself. I tried a Note 9 after I got a good price for a used unit on the bay but sold it 2 days later to stay with my 2XL. The 3 XL was in the back of my mind at the time as well. Now that I know the 3XL is a duffer I'm actually tempted to try the Note again. Unless I can pick up a 3XL for under £700 in a couple of months second hand.
 
GMac11 said:
Similar to myself. I tried a Note 9 after I got a good price for a used unit on the bay but sold it 2 days later to stay with my 2XL. The 3 XL was in the back of my mind at the time as well. Now that I know the 3XL is a duffer I'm actually tempted to try the Note again. Unless I can pick up a 3XL for under £700 in a couple of months second hand.
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Highly likely you will get a 3XL for 700 or less in a couple of months I reckon, these things depreciate heavily! I’d have to use both to be sure. Shame really though, if google can more or less match Samsungs hardware mated with their software they would have a serious little machine that would really take the fight to the big boys. As it is, they feel like a a bit of a substandard device saved by very good well optimised software. Almost the opposite to Samsung which feels like amazing hardware slightly soiled by unpolished software!
 
Im on a note 8 and my experience with that for the past year has been very good. I havent spotted any lag on it, I had iphones before the note then all androids before iphones they all lagged lol.

Its a tough one choosing now between the note 9 and pixel 3 xl for me as I want that damn pixel camera. And the notes camera is pretty crap the biggest letdown on my note 8 that is. Its fine for landscapes but if you want to take pics of people theres no point, over exposes skin so badly.

I am gonna wait and see if google responds to the microphone issues as I need a good mic for videos. There isnt even any usb c external ones are there?
 
I'm very tempted to buy a Pixel 3 but I'm not sure if I should save the £230 odd pounds and just buy a Pixel 2.

I've noticed Google are saying that the Pixel three will receive OS updates for 3 years.

For me that's the biggest feature of a phone. OS updates as and when Google releases them.

If I buy a Pixel 2 it will be about £240 cheaper than the Pixel three but have one year less of OS updates.

I guess if I look at it that way after two years I would need* to upgrade again as the phone is no longer covered by the software.

Where as with the Pixel three I am covered for another year before I upgrade again.

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There is nothing really wrong with my Nexus 5x. But as of Nov 2018 it receives it's last security update.
 
No doubt the hardware and design of the note 9 is better.

I just wish android was more like windows. You know you buy a Samsung laptop and first thing you do is format the bugger with clean windows.

We have moved so far away from the early days of rooting and romming now .

If I could get a Samsung note or even galaxy and install the full pixel experience i would be in cloud 9
 
Yep indeed. So I find myself on the stock side of things and getting the updates. As long as that and the camera stay as good as it is I will stick with the pixel experience.
 
Getting reports that the speakers on the 3xl aren't balanced and the bottom one is noticeably louder. I mean WTF after all that notch and bezel.
 
reg pixel 3 video and around 7mins in he compares the blue shift to the 2xl. Looks loads better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOenu3f1FKw

Seen 2 videos now where they said decent battery life another dude did a 24hr later vid with it and managed around 5.5hr SOT which is sufficient to me assuming it keeps that way.

I'll be also keeping my order I'm looking forward to it and the gestures look really slick too. I just hope the battery is good and I'll have to get used to the apps reloading.
 
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kona786 said:
Getting reports that the speakers on the 3xl aren't balanced and the bottom one is noticeably louder. I mean WTF after all that notch and bezel.
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xb8browney said:
That's the same as the 2xl
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Mine's is nowhere near that bad, just tested it the same way he did in the video :D
Wonder if the sound gets louder from the top speaker if you disable the notch lol :P
 
Wow I read people saying the bottom was louder but that is mental, when he covers the top it makes **** all difference. As above, my 2XL isn't that bad by a long way.

I'm gutted, Google have really dropped the ball with the Pixel 3/XL.
 
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